A trial date has been set for April 10 at William M. Colmer Federal Courthouse for a brutality case involving two Hattiesburg police officers.

Plaintiffs George L. Wade Jr. and the estate of the late George Wade Sr. were seeking $7.5 million in the case against then-HPD officers Demetrius Breland and Narottam Holden, claiming they used unreasonable force when responding to a domestic call on April 16, 2013.

The defendants deny any wrongdoing.

Clark Hicks, the attorney representing the city in the lawsuit, said in an earlier story the Wades' claims are without merit.

“When the police were called, the Wades were extremely combative and belligerent,” he said. “The Hattiesburg police officers used reasonable force."

In December, U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett dismissed the Wades' case without prejudice.

"The only evidence of the force used against Wade Jr. before the court is Breland’s deposition testimony and incident report," Starrett said in his order dismissing the case. "Therefore this is the version of events that the court must use in order to determine if Breland used an excessive amount of force."

The Wades' attorney, Ottowa Carter, filed a motion for reconsideration, saying Wade Jr.'s deposition is in the Memorandum in Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment, so Breland's testimony is not the only testimony on record.

Starrett agreed, but ruled only Wade Jr.'s excessive force claim will be reinstated.

"The narrative given by Wade Jr. does present a factual dispute as to whether Breland's use of force was reasonable," Starrett wrote in his order reinstating the case.

According to court documents, Wade Jr. and his wife, Susan, were having an argument. Their son joined in the fight.

The Wades say when Breland arrived at the family home, he was talking to Susan Wade when he "suddenly and without warning" kicked Wade Jr.'s leg, threw him on the ground, rubbed his face against the asphalt and handcuffed him.

Wade Jr. said Breland's actions caused his leg and foot to be broken. Wade Jr. also claims Breland kicked him in the groin area as he was placed in a patrol car.

Wade Sr., a retired police officer, allegedly saw Breland beating his son. He showed his badge to Breland, telling him he "was not treating his son right."

Breland is accused of pepper-spraying Wade Sr. then beating the 73-year-old when he went in the house to wash the pepper spray off his face. The officer allegedly pulled his gun on Susan and her daughter as they tried to help Wade Sr.

Susan again called Hattiesburg police, allegedly telling the dispatcher she feared Breland would kill Wade Sr.

Officer Holden and an unnamed female officer arrived at the Wade home, where Holden allegedly joined Breland in beating Wade Sr., according to the Wades' suit.

The female Wades said in the suit "they could hear (Wade Sr.) making sounds that were indicative of a person being subjected to a beating."

"As a result of this brutal and unlawful treatment, George Sr. suffered a concussion, fractured vertebrae, 10 stitches to his left eye, a burst blood vessel in his eye, a bruised shoulder, back, ribs and arms, and contusions (knots) on his head," the lawsuit claims.